Essential Oils as Antiviral Agents, Potential of Essential Oils to Treat SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An In-Silico Investigation

Kelly R. da Silva, Joyce; Luis B. Figueiredo, Pablo; Byler, Kendall; N. Setzer, William

doi:10.3390/ijms21103426

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Essential Oils as Antiviral Agents, Potential of Essential Oils to Treat SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An In-Silico Investigation

Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences • May 12, 2020

Authors:

Joyce Kelly R. da Silva

Pablo Luis B. Figueiredo

Kendall Byler

Abstract

Essential oils have shown promise as antiviral agents against several pathogenic viruses. In this work we hypothesized that essential oil components may interact with key protein targets of the 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A molecular docking analysis was carrie...

Subject

Docking (animal)

Protease

In silico

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